STS-133 Crew Interview: Tim Kopra, Mission Specialist

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STS-133 Crew Interview: Tim Kopra, Mission Specialist

Kopra, of Austin, Tex., served with the Expedition 20 crew as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station. He launched with the STS-127 crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour on July 15, 2009 and returned to Earth with the STS-128 crew aboard space shuttle Discovery on September 11, 2009. During the two shuttle missions and tour of duty aboard station, Kopra performed one spacewalk totaling 5 hours and 2 minutes, executed assembly tasks with the space station and Japanese robotic arms, and conducted numerous science experiments.